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GOOD EVENING

The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…

EVERY WEEKDAY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you the five stories you need to know as you head home for the day.

1. #VERA TWOMEY: Cork mother and medicinal cannabis campaigner Vera Twomey has reached the Dáil after a 260km walk from Cork.

2. #TUAM: Enda Kenny addressed the Tuam babies scandal in the Dáil today.

3. #DANIEL MCANASPIE: A second man has been found guilty of the murder of Daniel McAnaspie.

4. #COURT: A well-known journalist has pleaded guilty to six sexual offences against a girl under the age of 17.

5. #NATIONHOOD: A writer for the London Times has claimed that Ireland has a “tenuous claim to nationhood”, earning a rebuke from the Irish ambassador to the UK.